How does hydrogen peroxide kill infections? It’s helpful to know that hydrogen peroxide is labeled as “singlet oxygen therapy,” meaning that when it comes into contact with other substances, it release a single atom of oxygen as a part of an oxidation reaction. Once this occurs, the remaining hydrogen peroxide breaks down into water or H2O – since it is now left with only a single oxygen atom for every two hydrogen atoms. But that’s not all that is going on during the oxidative reaction. Once that singlet oxygen atom has been released and is roaming around the body, it remains extremely reactive, oxidizing or reducing the molecular structures of a range of contaminants, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, as well as attacking foreign proteins and parasites.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:38:13 +0000
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